How Do You Know? Dig It Up

How do archaeologists find out what prehistoric humans ate? The scientists become detectives, excavating ancient trash heaps and hunting for animal bones, shells, and plant pollen that give clues to what people ate. But for direct evidence, scientists analyze fossil faces. Seeds and plant pollen that are trapped and preserved in thousand-year-old dung reveal what was eaten!

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